Memorial service set for Different Drummer's Kitchen manager

Michele Weiser with Jim Rua, chef-owner of Café Capriccio in Albany, in the kitchen for cooking classes at Different Drummer’s Kitchen in Guilderland. (Photo via Facebook.)

Michele Weiser with Jim Rua, chef-owner of Café Capriccio in Albany, in the kitchen for cooking classes at Different Drummer’s Kitchen in Guilderland. (Photo via Facebook.)

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Michele Weiser with Jim Rua, chef-owner of Café Capriccio in Albany, in the kitchen for cooking classes at Different Drummer’s Kitchen in Guilderland. (Photo via Facebook.)

Michele Weiser with Jim Rua, chef-owner of Café Capriccio in Albany, in the kitchen for cooking classes at Different Drummer’s Kitchen in Guilderland. (Photo via Facebook.)

Memorial service set for Different Drummer's Kitchen manager

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A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Chapel + Cultural Center at RPI for Michele Weiser, the longtime general manager of Different Drummer's Kitchen stores in Stuyvesant Plaza, Guilderland, and Lenox, Mass.

Weiser, who over nearly 15 years as store manager helped home cooks improve their skills through classes and access to quality cooking equipment, died suddenly in July. A natural saleswoman who combined love of food with deep knowledge of general-purpose pans, knives and more specialized culinary gear, Weiser was also an evangelist for cooking classes, recruiting top area chefs and other food experts to lead the classes.